THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD
The preponderance of F. Paul Wilson’s work deals with a history of the world that remains undiscovered, unexplored, and unknown to most of humanity. Some of this secret history has been revealed in the Adversary Cycle, some in the Repairman Jack novels, and bits and pieces in other, seemingly unconnected works. Taken together, even these millions of words barely scratch the surface of what has been going on behind the scenes, hidden from the workaday world. The works listed below are in the chronological order.
Note: “Year Zero” is the end of civilization as we know it; “Year Zero Minus One” is the year preceding it, etc.
THE PAST
“Demonsong” (prehistory)
“Aryans and Absinthe” (1923–1924)
Black Wind (1926–1945)
The Keep (1941)
Reborn (February–March 1968)
“Dat Tay Vao” (March 1968)
Jack: Secret Histories (1983)
Jack: Secret Circles (1983)
Jack: Secret Vengeance (1983)
“Faces” (1989)
YEAR ZERO MINUS THREE
Sibs (February)
“Faces” (early summer)
The Tomb (summer)
“The Barrens” (ends in September)
“A Day in the Life” (October)
“The Long Way Home”
Legacies (December)
YEAR ZERO MINUS TWO
Conspiracies (April)
“Interlude at Duane’s” (April)
All the Rage (May)
Hosts (June)
The Haunted Air (August)
Gateways (September)
Crisscross (November)
Infernal (December)
YEAR ZERO MINUS ONE
Harbingers (January)
Bloodline (April)
By the Sword (May)
The Touch (ends in August)
The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium (ends in September)
“Tenants”
YEAR ZERO
“Pelts”
Reprisal (ends in February)
Fatal Error (February)
The Dark at the End (March)
Nightworld (starts in May)